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Welcome to the home of the step by step creative online tutorial. Here you will find detailed, easy-to-understand steps accompanied by screen shots. These tutorials are liable to be about anything from my current project to something that drove me nuts trying to figure out. It is my hope that the things I can convey here will save you time and frustration.

If there's something that you'd like to see written up, please feel free to let me know

Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size

Canvas size got you down? Feeling cramped and closed-in? Just follow these steps and you may never trek up to the Image menu and Canvas Size dialog box again.

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Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Fabulous Feathers
Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer Creating Coloring Book Art
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
The Skinny on Scanning Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Pixel Super Sleuthing
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Ordering business cards online The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask How to make a drive-free Desktop
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
How to change the default email client in Tiger Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Fun with Elements Effects
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe Polaroid in a Picture
Creating Favicons Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges Blur Baby Blur!
How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
Super Funky Edges How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! Burn baby burn!

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